The Land of Long AgoLittle, Brown, 1909 - 295 страница Another installment of short stories constructed from the material in the memory of Aunt Jane of Kentucky. In this volume the entertaining narrator of Sally Anne's experiences gives her opinion among other things on the subject of divorce. |
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... head and half - shut eyes , I saw there was good reason for Aunt Jane's haste , if we were expected to get back from town before nightfall . " What are we going to town for ? " I asked , as I stepped into the buggy and took up the reins ...
... head and half - shut eyes , I saw there was good reason for Aunt Jane's haste , if we were expected to get back from town before nightfall . " What are we going to town for ? " I asked , as I stepped into the buggy and took up the reins ...
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... unnecessary precaution , for old Nelly at once dropped her head in a drowsy , medita- tive way that showed she had no intention of leaving the familiar stopping - place . P ཨ་ ལཔ་ པ , store for the use of 22 THE LAND OF LONG AGO.
... unnecessary precaution , for old Nelly at once dropped her head in a drowsy , medita- tive way that showed she had no intention of leaving the familiar stopping - place . P ཨ་ ལཔ་ པ , store for the use of 22 THE LAND OF LONG AGO.
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... heads on pasteboard , Indian pottery , petri hammers , tomahawks , relics of abori historic man that the mounds and cav yield up to the seeker of such buried within and without , the old store was ment of conservatism standing unmoved ...
... heads on pasteboard , Indian pottery , petri hammers , tomahawks , relics of abori historic man that the mounds and cav yield up to the seeker of such buried within and without , the old store was ment of conservatism standing unmoved ...
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... up a piece o ' paper to read the names off , and the sun shinin ' on his gray head . And that three- story hotel over yonder on the corner — that used to be of his neighbors would , and they'd you . Things 26 THE LAND OF LONG AGO.
... up a piece o ' paper to read the names off , and the sun shinin ' on his gray head . And that three- story hotel over yonder on the corner — that used to be of his neighbors would , and they'd you . Things 26 THE LAND OF LONG AGO.
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... head and front of my offendin ' . ' feet " Then Brother Wilson asked him danced at the party , and the old judg at one o ' the elders and winked , and solemn as you please , ' Not while I w the most out of everything that com Schuyler ...
... head and front of my offendin ' . ' feet " Then Brother Wilson asked him danced at the party , and the old judg at one o ' the elders and winked , and solemn as you please , ' Not while I w the most out of everything that com Schuyler ...
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Abram ain't Amos asked Aunt Jane bein bell Bible blowin boys Brother Wilson buggy callin child comin cryin David and Jonathan doctor doin Emmeline evenin eyes father flowers folks gittin give givin goin Goshen grandma gyirl Hamilton hands Hannah havin hear heard heart Henrietta Henry holler honey horse Jane's John Calvin Jonathan Judge Grace Kentucky Land of Long laughed laughin live livin looked lookin Lord's Prayer mare married Martin Luther meetin mighty Milly minute Miss Amaryllis MISS PENELOPE mornin Mother never night nothin Parson preacher pretty reckon ricollect RIDE TO TOWN Rizpah Sam Amos sayin says Sempronia somethin spring Squire Schuyler standin stop talk talkin tell there's things thou thought told took trees tryin turned Uncle Billy watch-meetin we're goin weddin WEDDING FEE woman women words yonder young
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